Vegetable-peeler.



No. 767,733. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

J. N. BUBLL. VEGETABLE PEELER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 5, 1904.

N0 MODEL. 2 snnnws-sfizm 1.

PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

J. N. BUELL. VEGETABLE PEELER. APPLIUATION FILED my 5. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

N0 MODEL.

Patented August 16, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN N. BUELL, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOINILLIAM A. RUSSELL, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

VEGETABLE-PEELER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,733, dated August16, 1904.

Application filed May 5, 1904. Serial No. 206,524- (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. BUELL, of West Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vegetable-Peelers; andI do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the figuresof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side View of a Vegetable-peeler constructed in accordancewith my invention and in connection with a table, which is shown insection; Fig. 2, a top or plan View of the cutter-head detached; Fig. 3,a sectional view on the line a b of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a sectional View onthe line 0 d of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a broken top or plan view of a modifiedform of head; Fig. 6, a sectional View on the line 6 f of Fig. 5.

This invention relates to an improvement in a device-for peelingvegetables, the object being to produce a device which may be run byhand, foot, or other motive power and at which one or more operators maybe employed, and, while particularly adapted for use where a largenumber of vegetables are to be peeled, it is equally applicable fordomestic purposes; and the invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described,and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a horizontally-arranged head 2,formed with an annular trough or chamber 3 and provided with a centralhub 4, adapted to be connected with a vertically-arranged spindle 5, bywhich the head may be rotated. As herein shown, this spindle is mountedin a frame 6, supported by legs 7,8, and 9. On the spindle isabevel-gear 10, meshing with a bevel-gear 11, mounted upon a stud 12,supported by the frame, the gear being connected with a flywheel 13,which also turns upon the same stud 12, and with this fiy-wheel a pedal14 is connected by a pitman 15, the pedal being mounted on a cross-bar16 at the bottom of the frame. In the annular trough or chamber 3 are aseries of slots 17, inclined to the transverse plane of the head, inwhich slots cutters 18 are secured, the edges of the cutters preferablyextending slightly above the face of the trough, so as to act like thecutters of planes. These plates or cutters may be secured in any desiredmanner. As herein shown, the plates are formed with slots 19, throughwhich screws 20 extend into the hub. To permit of the adjustment of theplates, they may be formed at opposite ends with notches 21, with whichgears 22 23 may coact, the gears being mounted upon shafts 24, arrangedparallel with the plates and provided at their outer ends with buttons25, by which they may be turned.

The head 2 sets into an opening 26, formed in a table 27, which may besupported by legs 28 or in any other way, the edge of the head extendingabove the surface of the table and being preferably provided with anannular rack 29. This rack meshes with a pinion 30, carried by a spindle31, mounted in the top of the table and so as be free to rotate therein,the upper end of the spindle being provided with a reamer-point 32.Depending from the under side of the table and surrounding the openingtherein is an apron 33.

In operation the head 2 is rotated by means of the pedal 14 orotherwise, and as it revolves vegetables-are held in the trough orchamber 3 and pressed against the surface thereof, so that as the headrevolves the several blades 18 come in contact with the vegetables andcut the peel therefrom, the cuttings falling through the slots 17 andare deflected by the apron 33 so as to fall beneath the table. As thehead revolves the spindle 31 is also turned, and the reamer-point 32 maybe employed for remOVingHIEyMhErspecksfrOm vegetables, it beingunderstoodfh at tlie number of these points may be arranged upon thetable around the head corresponding in number to the number of operatorsto be employed.

Instead of using the blades 18 the head 2 may be formed from sheetmetal, with comparatively wide radial slots 34, the edges 35 and 36thereof being beveled or ground to form cutters. cut in the same way asthe cutters before described, except that with cutting edges at bothsides of the slot the machine may be run in either direction.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vegetable-peeler, the combination with a horizontally-arrangedhead formed in its upper face with an annular trough intersected bytransversely-arranged slots, of cutters extending into said slots, andmeans for rotating the said head. I

2. In a vegetable-peeler, the combination with a horizontally-arrangedhead formed in its upper face with an annular trough intersected bycurved radial slots, of cutters extending into the said slots, and meansfor 1'0- tating the said head.

3. In a vegetable-peeler, the combination with-a horizontally-arrangedhead formed in its upper face with an annular trough havingtransversely-arranged slots and provided with The head being revolvedwill an externally-arranged annular rack, of cutters extending into thesaid slots, means for rotating the said head, a spindle provided with aspot-removing cutter, and a gear meshing with said rack for rotating thesaid spindle with the said head.

4. In a vegetable-peeler, the combination with a table having anopening, of a horizontally-arranged circular head located in the JOHN N.BUELL.

Witnesses:

CLARA L. WEED, J. H. SHUMWAY.

